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“I would really hate to be your scrotum right about now.” ~Police Chief Richter When I heard “puppet horror” and saw all the notable names doing voices, I had to see what Abruptio was all about. It’s about a little over an hour and a half (94 minutes and 35 …

In 2022, the news broke out that Shelley Duvall (The Shining, 1980) would be returning to acting for the first time in two decades. Duvall’s career briefly died out in a whisper with her 2002 movie Manna from Heaven. Afterwards, Duvall battled mental health issues and avoided Hollywood; resorting to …

Let Me Go (The Right Way) is the most recent short film addition to ALTER’s platform. The film has some big names attached to it, which intrigued me even more to check it out. The film was written and produced by Owen King (Stephen King’s son). It was directed by …

XYZ Films has just acquired the rights to director Franklin Ritch’s (Bedridden) sci-fi film, The Artifice Girl. The film stars Tatum Matthews (The Gift), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), and Sinda Nichols (J Doe). The film world premiered at Fantasia Festival, with its US premiere last week at SXSW. Synopsis: The story …

I enjoy folklore horror films.  It’s not something we get a lot of and I like the lore part of them. They are usually set in quaint, small towns, which is why we find what happens there so shocking.  When I first found out about Well Go USA’s latest film …

Unfortunately, Glen Morgan’s Willard seems a bit underrated. Then again, that surely fits the theme and overall feel of the story itself. Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is constantly mocked and humiliated by his life at home, and at work. Made into a misfit and the butt of life’s joke, Willard’s main …

Asking a horror fan what their favorite horror movie is is like asking a food critic what their favorite dish is; it all depends on the mood. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a complex psychological thriller and will throw on Jacob’s Ladder. Other times, I just want to see …

Available now to stream on Tubi from October Coast and director Ehrland Hollingsworth (Family Therapy) is a new horror western: Homestead. The film stars Brian Krause (Sleepwalkers, Charmed), Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu), and Diamond Dallas Page (The Devil’s Rejects). Homestead Synopsis In this nail-biting mesh …

Somewhere between Rod Serling and The Crypt Keeper, wandering down the darkest roads of the human psyche, was The Hitchhiker. HBO’s first stab at a horror/thriller anthology series ran successfully from 1983 to 1987, then continued its reign on the USA Network from 1989 to 1991. Yet, we don’t hear or …

In Swarm writer/producer Janine Nabers (Watchmen (2019) and actor-musician Donald Glover (Atlanta (2022), explore toxic fandom with some gore, cringe, and dark humor. Bring on the Gore and Cringe! If you’ve watched Atlanta, you’d know their creative team brings cringe and has put a unique spin on horror and surrealism. …